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March 18, 2014

FiveThirtyEight relaunches as a data journalism site

Nate Silver, the statistician famous for correctly predicting the outcome of the US 2012 presidential election, was lured away from the New York Times by ESPN 8 months ago. Yesterday marked the relaunch of his website FiveThirtyEight.com, now with a focus on data journalism and with a staff of 20. In the opening post, Nate describes the journalistic methodology of the site, which will be data-driven, deliberate, and focus not just on the explanation of data but its generalization to future outcomes — a process missing from traditional journalism.